Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride

Feb 10, 2011 News

A 60-year-old repossession officer attached to the Bank of Nova Scotia was last Tuesday taken for a terrifying ride along East Bank Demerara when he tried to repossess a vehicle on behalf of the bank.
But thanks to the help of a taxi driver and the police, William Blackman was spared possible harm.
According to reports, about 10:00 hours on Tuesday, Blackman, a Marshall employed with Scotiabank as a repossession of vehicle personnel, went to James Texaco Gas Station to seize motor vehicle GLL 7475, a black Nissan Titan, driven by Earl Fredericks, 48, of Lot A-61 East La Penitence. Fredericks was at the said gas station putting air in the vehicle.
Blackman, of 2539 Layou Street, North Ruimveldt, went to the location in a taxi, HB 6795, driven by Selwyn Chase.
According to information reaching this newspaper, Blackman told Fredericks of his instructions and Fredericks agreed to go to the bank and settle the issue. The repossession officer requested to sit in the vehicle but Fredericks refused, instead, telling him to sit in the tray, which he did.
Taking no chances, Blackman told his taxi driver to follow the Titan.
Fredericks drove off and stopped at the East La Penitence Post Office, in the vicinity of the gas station, where he picked up a woman before taking off at a fast rate of speed.
With Blackman clinging on desperately in the tray, Fredericks allegedly drove through all the stop lights at every intersection on Mandela Avenue before turning onto the East Bank Public Road.
Blackman became afraid and began tapping the back of the vehicle for Fredericks to stop, but the driver continued.
The taxi driver, meanwhile, had stopped at the various traffic lights and was some distance behind, but Blackman managed to contact him via cellular phone and informed him of what was transpiring.
The taxi driver in turn contacted the police at the East Ruimveldt Outpost and a road block was set up on the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, where the Titan was intercepted.
The driver and his female companion were subsequently taken to the East La Penitence Police Station, where the vehicle was lodged and the occupants placed in custody, pending investigation.

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